A millionaire who owns Britain’s ‘largest man cave’ has watched as workers demolish the illegal leisure complex as his neighbors celebrate the end of ‘years of misery’. Graham Wildin, 72, watched from his country home as contractors demolished the bowling alley, casino and cinema at the back of his home in the Forest of Dean, … Read more
Graham Wildin, 70, has defied a series of court orders to demolish the leisure complex at the back of his house for more than a decade – even serving a prison sentence for it The demolition work on the man cave has started(SWNS) Britain’s ‘largest man cave’ is finally being demolished after a protracted battle … Read more
Last year, Jaume Pellicer led a team of fellow scientists to a forest on Grande Terre, an island east of Australia. They were looking for a fern called Tmesipteris oblanceolata. Being only a few centimeters in size, it was not easy to find on the forest floor. “It’s not noticeable,” says Dr. Pellicer, who works … Read more
Two former restaurants in the city’s largest leisure complex have been put on the market. Lockmeadow in Barker Road, Maidstone, which has a cinema, trampoline park and bowling alley, has two large spaces that it is desperately trying to fill. The Lockmeadow Recreation Complex is on the market. Photo: Gary Browne These are the old … Read more
A small, seemingly inconspicuous fern that grows alone on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean was crowned the Guinness World Record holder on Friday for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth. The New Caledonian fern, Tmesipteris oblanceolatahas more than 50 times more DNA in the cell nucleus than humans. If the … Read more
As the summer season kicks off, skywatchers will be eagerly waiting to see the king of all meteor showers: the annual Perseid meteor shower. According to astronomy experts from EarthSky.org and Sky & Telescope, this year’s Perseid display is expected to be a very good exhibit for people willing to stay awake and stargaze after … Read more
The largest stegosaurus fossil ever found will be auctioned next month with an estimated value of up to $6 million. The specimen, known as “Apex,” was unearthed in 2023 near the Morrison Formation in Colorado, close to the town of Dinosaur, according to auction house Sotheby’s. According to the auction house, part of the armored … Read more
What you need to know Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is reportedly concerned about OpenAI’s new deal with Apple to bring AI capabilities to the iPhone. Nadella worries about the impact the deal will have on Microsoft’s products and services, which are already heavily infused with AI capabilities. OpenAI is seemingly on good terms with Apple, … Read more
After twenty years of work, the camera is the heart of the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory arrived at her home last week. It now lies at the top of Cerro Pachón Mountain in Chile. This camera is the final major component of the Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope, where it will be installed after … Read more
By means of Washington University in St. Louis May 25, 2024 Research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about the size of France, is disrupted daily by an ice flow. This movement, caused by a sudden slip in the ice flow, could affect icequakes and ice shelf … Read more